WELD-FORESTER, JOHN GEORGE, 2nd BARON FORESTER, eldest son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 9 Aug 1801; adm. 13 Jun 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; MP Wenlock 1826 – 23 May 1828; succ. father as 2nd Baron Forester 23 May 1828; took Conservative whip in Commons and Lords; Captain, Gentlemen at Arms 8 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846; Privy Councillor 14 Sep 1841; Master, Belvoir Foxhounds 1830-58; m. 10 Jun 1856 Alexandrina Julia Theresa Wilhelmina Sophia, widow of Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC GCB, diplomat, and dau. of Joachim Charles Louis Mortimer, Graf von Maltzan; d. 10 Oct 1874.
WELD-FORESTER, GEORGE CECIL, 3rd BARON FORESTER, second son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 May 1807; adm. 20 May 1818 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1822; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 27 May 1824; Lieut., 1 Aug 1826; Capt., 6 Jul 1832; Maj., 9 Nov 1846; Lieut. -Col., 19 Sep 1848; Col., 25 Nov 1854; Major-Gen., 29 Jan 1863; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Oct 1871; Gen. (retd. ) 1 Oct 1877; MP (Conservative ) Wenlock 17 Jun 1828 - 10 Oct 1874; “father” of the House of Commons 1873-4; Groom of the Bedchamber Feb 1830 – c. Feb 1831; Comptroller of the Household Mar – Dec 1852, Feb 1858 – Jul 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Forester 10 Oct 1874; for many years a well-known figure in London society; m. 8 Nov 1862 Hon. Mary Ann Ricketts, widow of Col. David Ochterlony Dyce-Sombré MP, and third dau. of Edward Jervis Ricketts, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent; d. 14 Feb 1886.
WELD-FORESTER, HON. EMELIUS JOHN, fifth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 Feb 1815; adm. 27 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1832; Lieut., 9 Apr 1838; Capt., 23 May 1845; Maj., 26 Sep 1857; half-pay 5 Mar 1858; Lieut. -Col., 10 Nov 1868; retd., hon. rank of Col., 1 Jul 1881; served in Afghan War 1838-42; d. unm. 29 Jan 1899.
WELD-FORESTER, CECIL, 1ST BARON FORESTER, eldest son of Cecil Forester (qv); bapt. 7 Apr 1767; adm. 18 Feb 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1785; MP Wenlock 1790-1820; created Baron Forester 17 Jul 1821; a famous hunting man, Master Shropshire Foxhounds 1811-6; assumed additional surname of Weld 24 Aug 1811; m. 16 Jun 1800 Lady Katharine Mary Manners, second dau. of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland KG PC; d. 23 May 1828.
WELD, THOMAS, sixth son of Sir John Weld, Willey, Shropshire, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. Jul 1657; adm.; KS 1673; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1676, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1676, aged 18, scholar 1677, matr. 1676; BA 1679/80; MA 1683; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1682 – c. 1690; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 26 Jun 1685; Capt., 14th Foot 24 Aug 1685; re-commissioned on regiment being re-formed 28 Feb 1698 [check]; retd. before 1694 [check]; buried Bridgnorth, Shropshire 23 May 1700.
Weld, Philip Saltonstall, son of Philip Saltonstall Weld, newspaper publisher and yachtsman, of Gloucester, MA, USA, and Anne, d. of Samuel Dennis Warren of Essex, MA, USA; b. 7 July 1938; adm. Apr. 1955 (G); left July 1955 and returned to Milton Acad., MA, USA; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, AB 1960; a newspaper reporter and ed. in Chicago, IL, USA; m. 1st, 21 Sept. 1963 (div. 1981) Elizabeth, d. of Frederick Winburn New, attorney, of Savannah, GA, USA; m. 2nd, 7 Nov 1981 Anita Dagmara, d. of Karlis Peteris Birnbaums, Riga, Latvia; d. 13 June 1988.
WELD, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1665; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669, matr. 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1684, Tutor 1676-81; ordained deacon 21 May 1676, priest 22 Dec 1678 (both London); Vicar of Ware, Herts., 10 Dec 1681-2; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 5 Apr 1682-8; Vicar of Haydor with Kelly, Lincs., from 1688; d. 1726. [Perhaps bapt. Bracon Ash, Norfolk 29 Dec 1651, son of Gascoigne Weld, and Anne Hall (IGI)]
WELD, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Weld, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 25 Feb 1803; adm. 15 Sep 1817 (G); left 8 Feb 1819; articled to Joseph Jessopp, Waltham Cross, Essex, attorney 28 Aug 1821, transferred to Samuel Weld, Saville Place, New Burlington Street, London 21 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench 4 May 1827, and Common Pleas 23 Nov 1830; practised at Woolwich, Kent; m. 20 Feb 1830 Mary Caroline Breeze (IGI); d. 13 Feb 1850.
Welch, Robert John Dudley, son of Roy Geoffrey Douglas Welch, co. dir., of Castletown, Isle of Man, and Hazel Gertrude, d. of James McCormack Adam AMICE, of Epsom, Surrey; b. 19 June 1947; adm. Jan. 1961 (W); left Dec. 1965; Brasenose Coll. Oxf., matric. 1966, BA 1969, MA 1974; ACMA Dipl. Marketing 1975; med. equipment industry, man. dir. Dermalex Co. to 1984, First Technicare Ltd. 1985-; d. 16 July 2020.
WELCH, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Welch, Chief Justice of Jamaica, and Lucretia Mary Favel, sister of George Dehany (qv); b.; adm. 1 Feb 1779; left Aug 1786; probably “Welsh”, who played cricket for OWW against Old Etonians at Lord’s 13-14 May 1793; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Oct 1786, aged 16; BA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1784; of the Hyde estate, Jamaica; m. Alice, younger dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Preston, Swainsloe [check], co. Meath, Ireland, and his first wife; d. at Swainstone [check], co. Meath 20 Apr 1809.